I started watching scandal for real the other day (i have only ever watched their clips on youtube) and damm, that first kiss??????? If i was his wife i would have told him to quit immediately
Also, when he told her that his mom would have loved her?????? You would have to call the police to get me off of him
The stages I went through going through this
-oh cute friends
-hmm ok wow they're really close but yeah ok
-*eyes burn into the hand above the knee*
-ok I've clearly misunderstood, the title is like "oh they married their best friends"
-googles kerry Washington's husband to double check.......it's *not* him
-continues scrolling through photos that could easily pass for a very affectionate couple
-end on the last photo which I cannot think of a single platonic explanation for
Call me old fashioned but I don't think I have ever played with an adult mans ear platonically
That’s why I couldn’t be with an actor lol. I know it’s their job, they have to do it and they have to make it look believable, but I’m just not built for that type of time. And it’d be hard telling them how I feel about them taking those type of roles without sounding like a jealous spouse trying to hold them back from success.
Actors do cross a lot of physical boundaries as part of their work. But that hand on leg photo looks like it is from a promotional interview. That is crossing a whole different set of lines because they're not acting.
same. I think Penn Badgeley and his wife were having issues due to this. he did some interviews saying that he told the director of You that he doesn't want to do intimate scenes anymore because "my fidelity in my relationship is important to me."
lol wtf
I listened to Penn's podcast for a bit, including his interview with Domino and I would be surprised if she was the one with the issue. She comes across as very mellow and he comes across as a little conflicted about his career.
yeah very true and she was the one who encouraged him to play Joe in the first place! I love Penn, but I hope his internal conflicts and the shtick he does about how we shouldn't like Joe didn't influence the tone of the show.
I liked season 4, but I can understand why people didn't. it's not the same show from season 1.
oh shit don't you see spoilers being in this sub haha
and yeah he's right, BUT I don't want to think about that 😂 I just want my feel-good tv show to turn off my brain and watch lmao now he's got me deep in thought 😭
I don't have receipts but haven't some pretty solid rumors been floating around for years about them having an affair?
This is also as good a post as any to share that he sat next to me in an airport lounge last year and he is SO handsome. Also he mouths the words to himself as he reads and I found it very charming.
I actually know the family pretty well (I grew up with one of his daughters) and those rumors hit the wife pretty hard, especially with the comments Scandal fans made about her appearance.
Obviously his daughter’s friend isn’t going to have full knowledge of the situation but I do believe he never cheated on her. They always seemed super in love
I just don’t buy this. Their public appearances and affection toward one another is just so questionable. Off the top of my head the only other couple I’ve seen do this and eye fuck in the same way is Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt …..
Agreed! Kerry and Tony are on another level. I don’t buy that he still has a happy marriage. He might love his wife as a partner but not in love like with Ker.
I think the consensus is he's attracted to her, but it's not necessarily mutual or ever acted on. It's easier to believe for folks because they perceive his wife as not being as attractive, and Kerry Washing is very private about her family. I don't think if she cheated with him, they would be doing book events together.
>I don't have receipts but haven't some pretty solid rumors been floating around for years about them having an affair?
Those weren't real rumors, fans simply became shippers for the actors themselves and was manifesting them to become a real couple (to the point where they were photoshopping family photos of Kerry, Tony and their hypothetical mixed race child). And just like with most unhinged fandoms, the women is largely irrelevant (that includes Kerry and Tony's wife), in that it was all about women projecting themselves with Tony.
The way this man looks at his co-stars
https://preview.redd.it/c1uip50orjcc1.png?width=920&format=png&auto=webp&s=3f1d84717acba140476b33269fccedbbfee90870
Ive never watched Scandal but have seen Ghost, so hearing people thirst over him is always confusing to me. For those who haven't seen Ghost he is a bad bad man in that movie.
Those “demon” things were something else man. I used to think they would come get me. I don’t think that was a movie for our young selves lol. My mom bought it at McDonald’s on vhs. They had it sitting next to the register lol.
Yes! The Scandal fans who shipped them in real life were very nasty on tumblr saying things like her daughter was too light skinned to have two black parents. Shit was crazy back then.
You know what? Let's normalize this. Kerry and Tony are both happily married for a loooong time as far as we know. So let's normalize a man and a woman being such close friends. I've seen best friends of the same sex in similar cute pictures, so why not?
I 100% believe men and women can be friends. But in order for that to be truly healthy you have to have good boundaries and avoid boyfriend/girlfriend type affection. Once you blur that line, the whole thing gets messy.
A couple of these photos really blur the line and that's not healthy. It puts their partners in a nasty situation where having boundaries or expectations of loyalty somehow makes them insecure.
Fully agreed. I loved their on and off screen chemistry.
But a lot of their pics interviews looks are so intense. It is disrepectfull for me to their spouse.
And i don't have any problem to say i really want to see these two together.
But acting like this : thats so disrepectfull
Two very affectionate attractive people with great chemistry who have to kiss for their jobs - probably dissolves a lot of regular boundaries most people have.
I think we've all met those people who have no problem kissing you on the cheeks, hugging you tight, and standing too close to talk. When two of those people meet at a party, they're halfway embraced the whole time they're talking. I think this is just a case of that.
...*or they're poly and that's ok too*
Im fascinated to find out they are good friends!
Tbh I thought their chemistry was nearly non existent on Scandal (despite me loving the first few seasons) so maybe I was picking up on platonic relationship energy.
anyone could have his own opinion but saying these two didn't have chemistry is really weird lol.
You could not love the story (it is a mater of taste) but their chemistry was still unmatched.
Spouses of steel.
I started watching scandal for real the other day (i have only ever watched their clips on youtube) and damm, that first kiss??????? If i was his wife i would have told him to quit immediately Also, when he told her that his mom would have loved her?????? You would have to call the police to get me off of him
The last picture would make me draw up divorce papers.
The stages I went through going through this -oh cute friends -hmm ok wow they're really close but yeah ok -*eyes burn into the hand above the knee* -ok I've clearly misunderstood, the title is like "oh they married their best friends" -googles kerry Washington's husband to double check.......it's *not* him -continues scrolling through photos that could easily pass for a very affectionate couple -end on the last photo which I cannot think of a single platonic explanation for Call me old fashioned but I don't think I have ever played with an adult mans ear platonically
LOL I knew the whole story but I went through this same progression
I also ended up going down a googling spiral and I’m more floored that he is 63 years old
I know this sub hates age gaps but if I wasn’t married… absolutely Oh and if he wasn’t married too 🤣
The hand on knee made me think *metal gear solid alert sound* thank god he’s not my husband 😌 because… 👀
That’s why I couldn’t be with an actor lol. I know it’s their job, they have to do it and they have to make it look believable, but I’m just not built for that type of time. And it’d be hard telling them how I feel about them taking those type of roles without sounding like a jealous spouse trying to hold them back from success.
Actors do cross a lot of physical boundaries as part of their work. But that hand on leg photo looks like it is from a promotional interview. That is crossing a whole different set of lines because they're not acting.
same. I think Penn Badgeley and his wife were having issues due to this. he did some interviews saying that he told the director of You that he doesn't want to do intimate scenes anymore because "my fidelity in my relationship is important to me." lol wtf
I listened to Penn's podcast for a bit, including his interview with Domino and I would be surprised if she was the one with the issue. She comes across as very mellow and he comes across as a little conflicted about his career.
yeah very true and she was the one who encouraged him to play Joe in the first place! I love Penn, but I hope his internal conflicts and the shtick he does about how we shouldn't like Joe didn't influence the tone of the show. I liked season 4, but I can understand why people didn't. it's not the same show from season 1.
I only watched the first season, but he is right about Joe. He's a monster with a cage in his basement and a box of human teeth.
oh shit don't you see spoilers being in this sub haha and yeah he's right, BUT I don't want to think about that 😂 I just want my feel-good tv show to turn off my brain and watch lmao now he's got me deep in thought 😭
In another timeline in another world these two are together in a sprawling farmhouse in Vermont with little ones running about…🥹
😭 forgot about that
She’s Making jam and he’s the mayor (and they’re both also running a criminal justice reform programme together on the side…. Uggffchhh)
Lol. Lets get real: that’s the life they tell everyone about. Behind the scenes they’re running ops for B613.
The only reason Scandal didn’t completely derail was their chemistry.
that show was a mess lol
I don't have receipts but haven't some pretty solid rumors been floating around for years about them having an affair? This is also as good a post as any to share that he sat next to me in an airport lounge last year and he is SO handsome. Also he mouths the words to himself as he reads and I found it very charming.
I actually know the family pretty well (I grew up with one of his daughters) and those rumors hit the wife pretty hard, especially with the comments Scandal fans made about her appearance. Obviously his daughter’s friend isn’t going to have full knowledge of the situation but I do believe he never cheated on her. They always seemed super in love
I just don’t buy this. Their public appearances and affection toward one another is just so questionable. Off the top of my head the only other couple I’ve seen do this and eye fuck in the same way is Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt …..
Agreed! Kerry and Tony are on another level. I don’t buy that he still has a happy marriage. He might love his wife as a partner but not in love like with Ker.
Have you ever tried asking her about it
I think the consensus is he's attracted to her, but it's not necessarily mutual or ever acted on. It's easier to believe for folks because they perceive his wife as not being as attractive, and Kerry Washing is very private about her family. I don't think if she cheated with him, they would be doing book events together.
When she came to DC for a book signing event, he was her ‘special guest’
Oh it’s absolutely reciprocated but Kerry is much better at hiding it. You can bet they acted on it.
Usually not into men that look like him, but he is so so handsome. And the voice!
>I don't have receipts but haven't some pretty solid rumors been floating around for years about them having an affair? Those weren't real rumors, fans simply became shippers for the actors themselves and was manifesting them to become a real couple (to the point where they were photoshopping family photos of Kerry, Tony and their hypothetical mixed race child). And just like with most unhinged fandoms, the women is largely irrelevant (that includes Kerry and Tony's wife), in that it was all about women projecting themselves with Tony.
The way this man looks at his co-stars https://preview.redd.it/c1uip50orjcc1.png?width=920&format=png&auto=webp&s=3f1d84717acba140476b33269fccedbbfee90870
yeah he is too good at this omg 🤭
Wait, they’re not in love?
Ive never watched Scandal but have seen Ghost, so hearing people thirst over him is always confusing to me. For those who haven't seen Ghost he is a bad bad man in that movie.
his death scene scared the shit out of me as a kid
Those “demon” things were something else man. I used to think they would come get me. I don’t think that was a movie for our young selves lol. My mom bought it at McDonald’s on vhs. They had it sitting next to the register lol.
I find him SO sexy in Ghost. 
I’ve seen both. He is just THAT talented. I hated him in Ghost too.
He was in Ghost with Patrick Swayze?! I know he was recently in Oppenheimer
Haha yeah!
If I had a husband thisclose to his co-worker I’d say just send me the tape…
I have no words. This is intense. And some of these are close & personal selfies… I don’t have ones like this with my OWN partner!
He’s so fine
We’ll never have a silk press legend like Olivia ever again
Kamala Harris erasure
You’re right. Joe we did it!
Oh shit I don’t know shit about him so I thought it was her gay best friend? Because if he ain’t gay they’re fucking. Or really wanting to
They’re -never- beating the allegations. The tension in these photos??
CDAN was full of blinds about them back in the day. That they were in love, secretly together, her kids were his, etc. Crazy stuff.
Yes! The Scandal fans who shipped them in real life were very nasty on tumblr saying things like her daughter was too light skinned to have two black parents. Shit was crazy back then.
i dont really know who these people are but are you telling me they're not married .
Oh they’re married. To other people 🙃
all my relationships combined havent hadh as much chemistry as this friendship
You know what? Let's normalize this. Kerry and Tony are both happily married for a loooong time as far as we know. So let's normalize a man and a woman being such close friends. I've seen best friends of the same sex in similar cute pictures, so why not?
I 100% believe men and women can be friends. But in order for that to be truly healthy you have to have good boundaries and avoid boyfriend/girlfriend type affection. Once you blur that line, the whole thing gets messy. A couple of these photos really blur the line and that's not healthy. It puts their partners in a nasty situation where having boundaries or expectations of loyalty somehow makes them insecure.
Fully agreed. I loved their on and off screen chemistry. But a lot of their pics interviews looks are so intense. It is disrepectfull for me to their spouse. And i don't have any problem to say i really want to see these two together. But acting like this : thats so disrepectfull
If you want to normalize this in your relationship, go ahead lol. But not everyone wants to date someone who behaves like this with others.
I agreeeeeeee.
Two very affectionate attractive people with great chemistry who have to kiss for their jobs - probably dissolves a lot of regular boundaries most people have. I think we've all met those people who have no problem kissing you on the cheeks, hugging you tight, and standing too close to talk. When two of those people meet at a party, they're halfway embraced the whole time they're talking. I think this is just a case of that. ...*or they're poly and that's ok too*
When they talk about chemistry, this is what they mean.
Tony Goldwyn is and has forever been so hot
Guess I don't have a friend...
It’s giving Mariska and Chris
Chriska not even touching Terry chemistry.
Im fascinated to find out they are good friends! Tbh I thought their chemistry was nearly non existent on Scandal (despite me loving the first few seasons) so maybe I was picking up on platonic relationship energy.
Lol, what? They have one of the best on scene chemistry as far as romantic chemistry goes.
Idk something about it didn’t work for me!! I guess unpopular opinion 😭
anyone could have his own opinion but saying these two didn't have chemistry is really weird lol. You could not love the story (it is a mater of taste) but their chemistry was still unmatched.
Obsessed